Medieval Literature in Translation
Comprehensive anthology contains exquisite cross-section of Western medieval literature, from Boethius and Augustine to Dante, Abelard, Marco Polo, and Villon, in masterful translations. "No better...
View ArticleMedieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
This collection features the best works of the Middle Ages' greatest female author, including captivating variations on Arthurian myths and other stories of magic and mystery.
View ArticleMedieval Tales and Stories: 108 Prose Narratives of the Middle Ages
Wide-ranging stories offer glimpse into witchcraft, magic, Crusaders, astrology, alchemy, pacts with the Devil, chivalry, trial by torture, church councils, mercantile life, other elements of Middle...
View ArticleGesta Romanorum
One of the greatest collections of medieval literature, this historic work presents 181 tales of Greeks, Romans, Britons, biblical figures, and others, drawn from European and Asian sources.
View ArticleTransformations of Memory and Forgetting in Sixteenth-Century France:...
This book proposes that in a number of French Renaissance texts, we observe a shift in thinking about memory and forgetting. Focusing on a corpus of texts by Marguerite de Navarre, Pierre de Ronsard...
View ArticleRussian Tales of Demonic Possession: Translations of Savva Grudtsyn and...
<span><span style="font-style:italic;">Russian Tales of Demonic Possession: Translations of </span><span>Savva Grudtsyn</span><span style="font-style:italic;"> and...
View ArticleHumanism and Style: Essays on Erasmus and More
Clarence Miller's Humanism and Style: Essays on Erasmus and Thomas More provides an illuminating and circumstantial engagement with the word of two great humanists. Miller's essays cover a complex...
View ArticleThe Wakefield Mystery Plays
Four hundred years ago the medieval mystery plays, presented each year in various English villages to teach the stories of the Bible to the illiterate population, were the great classic English dramas....
View ArticleKama Sura
THE Indian classic of love-making - practical, delicate and, above all, tender in a beautiful translation for modern readers. It may have been written centuries ago, but what could be more up to date....
View ArticleThe Libro de los Buenos Proverbios: A Critical Edition
<p>The <I>libro de los buenos proverbios,</I> a key work in the medieval didactic tradition, is presented here for the first time in a western translation. The proverbs were assembled...
View ArticleReynard the Fox: A New Translation
<p>One of the greatest characters of medieval literature, the trickster Reynard the Fox, comes to life in this rollicking new translation.</p><p>What do a weak lion king, a...
View ArticleThe "Alexandreis" of Walter of Chatilon: A Twelfth-Century Epic
Written sometime in the 1170s, Walter of Chatillon's Latin epic on the life of Alexander the Great loomed as large on literary horizons as the works on Jean de Meun, Dante, or Boccaccio. Within a few...
View ArticleA Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of the...
David T. Gura's innovative catalogue describes the 288 medieval and Renaissance manuscripts held by the University of Notre Dame (Hesburgh Library and Snite Museum of Art) and Saint Mary's College....
View ArticleBeowulf: The Tale of Beowulf, Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats.
Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem from the Old English canon originating between 521 AD and 1026 AD. Authorship is unknown thus attributed in this edition to âan unknown Anglo Saxon poet.â...
View ArticleJankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves: Seven Commentaries on Walter Map's "Dissuasio...
In the second volume of <i>Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves</i>, readers of Chaucer get the fullest possible background for understanding his satire on antifeminism in the "Wife of Bath
View ArticleManors in Medieval Times-Children's Medieval History Books
In the Medieval times, the world looked different. There were no gadgets and homes didn't have electricity. Isn't it interesting to step into a time machine just to see how life was like in those dark...
View ArticleA Serf's Path to Freedom During the Middle Ages- Children's Medieval History...
Learning history will never be boring with this educational book. Your kids will surely agree after they see the well thought of and written contents of this Medieval History Book. This attempts to...
View ArticleThe Black Plague: Dark History- Children's Medieval History Books
The Black Plague is depressing read but it's something that's forever embedded in history. It happened. People died. Lessons learned and discoveries made. The last two points are what will make the...
View ArticleNobles and Knights of the Middle Ages-Children's Medieval History Books
In the middle ages, there were nobles and knights who performed special roles in society. Open this book to read about what they do and why they do such functions. A glimpse into the past would provide...
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